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Fallopius

noun
1.
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562).  Synonyms: Fallopio, Gabriele Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio.





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... could not be hanged, upon account that the larynx, or upper part of her windpipe, was turned to bone, as Fallopius (Oper., tom. i., Obs. Anat., tract. 6.) tells us he has sometimes found it, which possibly might be so strong, that the weight of her body could not compress it, as it happened in the case of a Swiss, ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 • Various


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